Congressional Record (Bound Edition) Metadata Fields and Values

Metadata fields and values can be used to increase the relevancy of your searches. The metadata fields available for Congressional Record (Bound Edition) are listed in the table below. Metadata fields and values are used throughout FDsys for

Narrowing Your Search,

Browsing Government Publications,

Field Operators,

Advanced Search , and

Display on More Information Pages.

Metadata fields and values can be entered into the Search Box using field operators. The field operators available for Congressional Record (Bound Edition) are listed in the table below, along with examples for each metadata field. How to Use Field Operators

Additionally, some of these metadata fields are made available for use on the Advanced Search page. The metadata values can be entered in the same format for the fields available on the Advanced Search Page. How to Use Advanced Search

Metadata Field Display Name

Metadata Field Definition

Field Operator

Field Operator Example

Notes

Collection

The collection to which the document belongs. Typically the same as the publication or series.

collection:

collection:crecb

"crecb" is used for Congressional Record

Government Author

The names of the Government organizations responsible for authoring or assembling the document.

governmentauthor:

governmentauthor:congress

Publication Date

The date the document was first made available to the public.

publishdate:

publishdate:1999-09-30

Date format is YYYY-MM-DD

Language

The language code of the original document, from the ISO639-2b standard.

language:

language:en

Former Package ID

The document ID of the "package" as originally specified on www.gpoaccess.gov.

mods:identifier:(@type:"former package identifier":______)

mods:identifier:(@type:"former package identifier":"br06oc002")

Former Identifier

The document ID of the article on the former www.gpoaccess.gov website.

formerid:

formerid:br06oc00-125

SuDoc Class Number

The SuDoc class number from the U.S. Superintendent of Documents which classifies Government publications by publishing agency.

sudocclass:

sudocclass:"x 1.1:"

The SuDoc Class Numbers in FDsys are at the class stem level, not the book number level.

Ingestion Date

The date the document was ingested into the FDsys preservation repository.

ingestdate:

ingestdate:2009-08-01

Date format is YYYY-MM-DD

Electronic Location (URL)

The URL where the document or the document in context (the content detail page) is located.

The government organization who publishes the document or publication. Not typically the Government Printing Office (who serves as the printer and distributor), except in the case of Congressional publications.

publisher:

publisher:"u.s. government printing office"

Branch

The branch of Government responsible for the document's contents.

branch:

branch:legislative

Possible Values:

executive

legislative

judicial

Type of Resource

The media type for the document, typically "text". Defined as part of the Library of Congress MODS standard.

typeofresource:

typeofresource:text

WAIS Database Name

The name of the WAIS database to which the document belonged in the former GPO Access system.

waisdbname:

waisdbname:1999_bound_record

Record Origin

How the record was originally generated. Typically "machine generated."

recordorigin:

recordorigin:"machine generated"

Publication Title

The title of the publication. Individual Congressional Record documents can be searched using the title field operator.

title:

title:king

Volume

The volume number of the publication to which the document belongs.

volume:

volume:145

Congress Number

The number of the Congress responsible for the document. Congresses last for two years, so for example, the 110th Congress was in session from 2007 through 2008.

congress:

congress:108

Session Number

The session of congress which produced the report.

session:

session:2

Possible Values:

1

2

Section

The section of the Congressional Record in which the document occurs. Field operator values are house, senate, extensions, and dailydigest.

section:

section:house

Possible Values:

See Table below

Type

The type of document found in the Congressional Record. Examples include Prayer, Adjournment, Nomination, House Committee Meetings, Memorial, Resume of Congressional Activity.

crtype:

crtype:executivecomm

Possible Values:

See Table below

Pages

The number of the first and last page of the document. Specific pages can be searched using the firstpage and lastpage field operators. Values are always integers.

firstpage:

lastpage:

firstpage:1234

lastpage:1235

Congress Chamber

The chamber which is responsible for the unit of business described in the Congressional Record.

chamber:

chamber:senate

Possible Values:

house

senate

RIN Number

The Regulation ID number, or "RIN number" associated with the rule or notice. Usually a number such as "RIN 3206-AJ69"

rinnumber:

rinnumber:3045-AA21

Amendments

A reference to a numbered amendment which may also include the Congress member responsible for it. For example, Amendment No. 432.

amendnumber:

amendnumber:432

Executive Communication Number

A reference to an executive communication from the president to congress. For example, "EC-1322".

execcommnumber:

execcommnumber:EC-1322

Congressional Vote Number

Information about a vote taken on the floor of Congress.

votenumber:

votenumber:123

Yes Vote Count

The count of congress members voting yes for a particular vote.

yescount:

yescount:223

No Vote Count

The count of congress members voting no for a particular vote.

nocount:

nocount:196

Not Voting Vote Count

The count of congress members not voting for a particular vote.

nvcount:

nvcount:12

Present Vote Count

The count of congress members voting simply "present" for a particular vote.

presentcount:

presentcount:2

Vote Result

The result of the vote, for example: "So the bill was passed".

voteresult:

voteresult:passed

Congress Member Voted Yes

Search for all items where a named congress member voted 'yes' (or 'aye' or 'yea'). Note that the search will be over the congress member's official name, for example "Barbara A. Mikulski".

memberyes:

memberyes:abercrombie

Congress Member Voted

No

Search for all items where a named congress member voted 'no' (or 'nay'). Note that the search will be over the congress member's official name, for example "Barbara A. Mikulski".

memberno:

memberno:bartlett

Congress Member Not

Voting

Search for all items where a named congress member did not vote. Note that the search will be over the congress member's official name, for example "Barbara A. Mikulski".

membernv:

membernv:weller

Congress Member Speaking

The name of the Congress member who spoke on the floor of Congress.

member:

member:obama

Congress Member

Political Party

The party to which the member belongs, either "democratic", "republican", or "independent".

memberparty:

memberparty:d

Possible Values:

d

r

i

Congress Member State

Member of Congress state code (the two letter postal code of the state).

memberstate:

memberstate:IL

Use two letter state abbreviation

Congressional Committee

The name of the Congressional committee referenced in the Record.

committee:

committee:transportation

Citation

The GPO standard method for searching citation references from the selected publication.

citation:

citation:"145 cong. rec. (bound) 7810"

Associated Bill Citation

References to associated congressional bills, by citation. These are bills which are primarily associated with the document. For example, "H.R. 132".

associatedbills:

associatedbills:"h.r. 99"

Associated Report Citation

References to associated congressional reports, by citation. These are reports which are primarily asocated with the document. For example, "H. Rept. 106-100".

associatedcrpt:

associatedcrpt:"h. rept 106-478"

Associated Treaty Citation

References to associated congressional documents. These are documents, typically Senate Treaty documents which are primarily associated with the document. For example, "Treaty Doc. 106-2".